A cross-country move by swimmer Katie Ledecky after the Tokyo Olympics led to even more success, and now she is AP's Female Athlete of the Year again.
Shifting coasts and coaches after last summer's Tokyo Olympics, the American swimmer turned in another stellar performance at the world championships, set a pair of world records and capped 2022 as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year, selected by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the country.
"I know so many great athletes have won this honor," Ledecky said."I'm really happy — happy with how my year went, and also excited about the future." At this year's world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, Ledecky touched first in the 800 by more than 10 seconds and won the 1,500 by nearly 15 seconds. She also claimed gold in the 400 free and was part of the winning U.S. team in the 4x200 free relay.
"I might be one of the few swimmers who loves the training even more than the racing," she said."Don't get me wrong: I love the racing, too. But I truly enjoy going to practice every day. I'm excited when I go to bed for practice in the morning." One of Nesty's freestylers, Bobby Finke, surprisingly swept gold in the men's 800 and 1,500 free at Tokyo. Another, Kieran Smith, captured an unexpected bronze."It's been a lot of fun every day," she said."This is the right place for me to be at this point in my career. I'm training really well and learning a lot along the way."
Ledecky settled for silver behind Titmus in the 400 and didn't even win a medal in the 200, finishing 1 1/2 seconds behind the Aussie in fifth place."There were some things I would've liked to be better in Tokyo," she conceded."But also, I was really stretching myself, I was swimming 1,500 at the Olympics for the first time, while also swimming the 200 free. The events were even on the same day, which is something I don't think anyone else was doing.
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